by Kilian: where perfumery is an (addictive) art

No doubt, it’s alcoholic, but is not supposed to be drunk (or to get you drunk). It’s Vodka on the Rocks by Kilian, an olfactory construction that digs up the darkest, playful and even most naive memories, opening an unexpectedly familiar, energetic and conciliating universe. The first spray of Vodka on the Rocks recalls (incredibly) that moment when your mouth comes close to the glass full of ice and vodka, that jarring sensation of the lips that bathe in its inherent strength. Close your eyes and you will get the idea of having a sip. And just when you think that the fragrance created by the french nose Sidonie Lancesseur is too cold, too acid and even too sharp its heart opens, bitter, slightly velvety, more alcoholic and euphoric, just like the spirit that goes down the throat. In the end the feeling of intoxication, solid and warm, envelopes the senses obfuscating the mind.

Sidonie Lancesseur olfactory construction

Vodka on the Rocks is an amazing sillage, the notes (few and concise as befits Sidonie Lancesseur) have nothing to do with the Russian spirit as the French nose combined aldehydes, cardamom and coriander to start the fragrance with a sharp and bold character, then added rhubarb combined with rose and lily of the valley to give to the composition that euphoric twist and, at the end, closed the pyramid with a sense of stability given by ambroxan, oak moss and sandalwood.

Created in 2012 and distributed exclusively in Russia and in New York, on October 15 Vodka on the Rocks will also be available in Italy. I have already been won over by this scent in 2012 in the Big Apple, and you, will you surrender to its temptation?